All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board: what Wikipedia removed

The All India Ulama & Mashaikh Board is a Sufi-oriented Indian Islamic organization representing Barelvi mosque and shrine leaders. Through 2020 the opening said AIUMB “advocates for a rejection of radical Islam, wahhabism and jihadism, for a restoration of Islamic holy places, and for proper representation of all Muslims.” Today the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader today learns the organization is now largely inactive and criticized for its silence on Muslim issues in India, and does not learn that it once defined itself in opposition to jihadism and wahhabism.

The word “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

Where this comes from

We saved this article’s opening paragraph at 4 moments between 2015 and 2025. Everything below is Wikipedia’s own text, quoted from those saved copies. The interactive version, with every snapshot side by side and each removal marked in place, is at ilroot.com/case/all-india-ulema-and-mashaikh-board.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

word	2015	2020	6 October 2023	2025
jihad	0	1	0	0
terror	0	1	1	1

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

• The organization’s basic description was reworded from ‘AIUMB is a body’ to a fuller definition as an NGO and representative body of Sufi religious figures, the underlying identification preserved.
• This dropped AIUMB’s stated advocacy against radical Islam, wahhabism, and jihadism, a self-description a reader of today’s opening no longer sees.

How it opened then, and now

2015 (revision 663576567):

The All India Ulema & Mashaikh Board ( AIUMB ) is a body of Indian Sunni Muslims. It is the representative body of Ahl-E-Sunnah Wal-Jamaat consisting of the Sajjada Nasheen of the Dargahs, Imam of Masajids, The Mufti & the teachers of the Madrasas being the office bearer and the members of this Board. Fighting for the right of Ahl-E-Sunnah Wal-Jamaat for restoring the Khanqah, Astanas & Dargahs to their rightful owners i.e. the Sunni Ummah and assisting them to obtain proper representation. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-cleric-who-could-have-redeemed-congress/article6006342.ece ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-cleric-who-could-have-redeemed-congress/article6006342.ece

2025 (revision 1294496586):

Sufi-orientated organisation in India The All India Ulama & Mashaikh Board (abbreviated as AIUMB ) is an Islamic Non-governmental Organisation and a representative body consisting the Sajjadanasheens of Dargahs, Imams of Mosques, the Teacher and Muftis working in the Madrasa belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. It was established in all the states and territories of India. It was formally founded by Mohammad Ashraf Kichhouchhwi . Initially started as representative body of Sunni Sufi Muslims of India, Currently, the AIUMB is defunct organization and apart from issuing press releases, it official website does not have any significant activity since several years. Its silence on r…

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